Attachment for flat-cars.



E. WHITE. ATTACHMENT FOR FLAT CARS. N FILED MAR. 26, 1912. RENEWED JULY 26,1913.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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WITNESSES E. WHITE. ATTACHMENT FOR PLAT CARS. APPLIQATION FILED MAR. 26, 1912. RENEWED JULY 26, 1913.

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ATTACHMENT FOR PLAT CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1912. RENEWED JULY 26, 1913.

1,078,006, Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTUE.

ELIS WHITE, OE! HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR FLAT-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1912, Serial No. 686,297. Renewed July 26, 1913. Serial No. 781,451.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Ems WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Chehalis and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Flat-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fiat cars which are used in the lumber business, and the principalobject of the invention is to provide the car with an improved type of stake and with an lmproved type of operating mechanism for releasing the stake when desired so that the logs carried upon the car can be dumped from the car when desired without any danger to the men dumping the logs. a

This invention is-illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car with Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thecar with the stakes in a released position. Fig. 3 is a bottom planvview of the car with the stakes in a locked position. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view along the line H in Fig. 3, showingrthe stakes at one side in a released position, and the car at the place where it is desired to dump the logs. Fig. 5 is a sectional view along the line 5- 5 in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the operating shafts which release the stakes. Fig. 7 is an enlargedperspective view of one of the sets of plates which carry the stakes and locking means, the plates being shown in spaced relation. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the latch which holds the stake in place. 4

Referring to the accompanying drawings it will be seen that this invention is mounted upon a car which'is provided with the sides 10, ends 11 and platform 12, the plat form being provided with cross strips 13, upon which the logs rest. The car is provided with the usual trucks 14: whichcarry the wheels 15. v p A substantially rectangular plate 16 is secured to the side of the platform 12 adja cent each corner and is held in place by means of bolts 17 which pass through openings 18 formed in the plate. Lugs 19, 20 and 21 are carried by the plate 16 and are positioned in spaced relation to provide the grooves 22 and 23, the grooves forming seats, the purpose of which will be herein after brought out. The lugs 20 and 21 are provided with alined openings 24 and 25 through which a locking pin is adapted to pass so that one end of a latch may be held in the seat 23.

The latch is pivotally connected with an eye 26, the eye passing through an opening 27 formed in the angularly disposed end 28 of the latch. The body portion 29 terminates in an enlarged head 30 which is provided with an opening 31. The latch is of such length that when the head is placed in the seat 23 the opening 31 will register with the'openings 24 and 25 thus permitting the pin to pass through the alined openings and thus securely hold the latch in position.

A second rectangular plate 32 is secured to the side 10 by means of the bolts 33 which pass through the openings 3% and is provided with a thickened central portion 35, the central portion being provided with an opening 36 which is formed in alinement with the openings 24 and 25. The plate 32 may either fit tightly against the plate 16 as shown in Fig. 2 or may be spaced below it as shown in Fig. 7, butit is preferred to have it fit close to the plate 16. A tapered pin 37 passes through the opening 36 into the opening 25, and is provided at its lower portion with the teeth 38 so that the pin may be raised and lowered when desired. A stake 39 is provided at its lower end with an eye 40 which is connected with aneye 41 carried by the plate 32. hen the stake is raised it fits in the seat 22 and is held in place by bringing the latch across the stake with its enlarged end 30 fitting in the seat 23, the latch being held in place by the pin 37. i

A shaft 42 is rotatably mounted in the bearings 13 and extends longitudinally of the car. The gear wheels 44 are secured to the shaft 42 by means of pins 45 which pass through the sleeve 46 carried by each of the gear wheels, and the gear wheels mesh with theteeth 38 so that when the shaft 42 is rotated the pins will be raised or lowered according to the direction in which the shaft is rotated. A transversely extending shaft 47 is rotatably mounted in each end of the car beneath the platform and has one end protruding through the side 10, a toothed gear 48 being mounted upon the exposed end of the shaft 47. A toothed gear 49 is rigidly mounted upon the shaft 42 by means of the screw 50 which passes through the I leasing means at sleeve 51 and meshes with the toothed gear 48 so that when the shaft 47 is rotated the shaft 42 will also be caused to rotate.

Brackets 52 and 53 are mounted beneath the platform, the bracket 53 bemg secured to the platform and the bracket 52 being secured to the end 11. The ends of the bracket overlap and are provided with alined openings through which the shaft 54 passes. One end of the shaft 54 is journaled in the side 10 so that the shaft 54 is 1'0- tatably mounted. A gear wheel 55 is mounted upon the shaft 54 and meshes with a gear 56 carried by the shaft 47. When the gear 55 is turned by the lever 57 the shafts l7 and 42 are rotated and the pins 3 7 are raised or lowered according to the direction in which the shaft is rotated. A stop 58 is driven into the side 10 between the spokes of the gear wheel 55 so that the rotation of the gear wheel will be limited, thus eliminating any danger of the shafts being rotated to such an extent that the pins 37 will be entirely withdrawn from the openings 36. From an inspection of Figs. 3 and 4, it will be understood that a stake and holding and releasing mechanism is secured at each corner of the car and that the mechanism for operating the releasing means on one side of the car is independent from the means which releases the stakes at the opposite side of the car. The stake holding and reeach corner of the car is identical in construction so the description of one of these will suffice for all of them.

hen using this device, the logs are piled upon the car and rest upon the cross bar-s 13. The usual log chains or other means for securing the logs together are applied and the stakes are then raised and the latches secured in the place as shown in Fig. 1. After the cars are all loaded, the train is carried along the track by the engine until the train reaches the dumping ground. The track at the dumping ground is pitched so that one side of the track is lower than the other side thus causing the weight of the load to be thrown toward one side of the car, Afterthe car arrives at the dumping grounds, the locking chains are removed and thelogs can then be removed from the cars. In order to do this, the proper lever 57 is moved so that the shaft 47 at one end of the car will be rotated and the shaft 42 at the lower side of the car will be rotated thus drawing the pins 37 to release the latches at the low side of the car. The weight of the logs bearing against the stakes 39 throws the latches out of the seats 23 when the pins are withdrawn, and the stakes will be thrown to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, thus permitting the logs to roll from the car on to the ground as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. It should be noted that the lever which operates the shaft 42 is at the opposite side of the car from the shaft which it operates so that the person who is releasing the stakes is at the opposite side of the car from that on which the stakes are released so that there is no danger of a person who is releasing the stake from being struck by the logs. It should also be noted that the stakes and latches are loosely mounted so that they will easily swing loose when thepins are withdrawnand it should also be noted thatthe pins for the larger portion of their length pass throughthe thick central por-l tion 35, and the'lug 21 so that the stress caused by thelogs bearing against the stakes will not have any tendency to bend the pins. lVhat is claimed is i l. A car comprising a body portion, plates mounted upon said body. portion and having seats cut therein, a stake. pivotally mounted adjacent each of said plates and adapted to fit in one of said seats, a latch pivotally connected with each of said plates,

and adapted to overlap jsaid stake with its 5 free end fitting in the remaining one of said seats, to hold said stake in position, a pin passing through said plate and latch to hold said latch in a locked posit-ion, ashaft rotatably mounted upon'said body portion and connected with the pins upon one side of said body portion, a shaft passing through said body portion and adapted to rotate said first mentioned shaft, and means for rotating said second mentioned shaft.

2. A device of the character described comprising a body portion, platesmounted upon the side of said body portion, stakes mounted adjacent said plates,'latches carried by said plates for holding saidstakes in a locked position, pins carried by said plate and engaging said latches to hold said atches in a locked position, a shaft mounted upon said body portion,-gears carried bv said shafts and meshing with teeth at the lower ends of said pins, a shaft extending transversely through said body portion, gears carried by said shafts and meshing whereby the rotation of saidtransverse shaft will rotate said first-mentioned shaft, illflldf means for rotating said, transverse s a t.

3. A car, shafts mountedupon the sides of said car, plates mounted upon the sidesof said cars, stakes mounted adjacent said plates, locking means for said stakes carried by said plates and operated by said shafts, shafts passing throughsaid car and engaging said first-mentioned shafts to operate said first-mentioned shafts, and means for operating said second-mentioned shafts.

4. A car, a plate mounted adjacent the end of each side of said car, lugs extending from the upper portion of said plate in spaced relation, a lug extending from the lower portion of said plate and positioned in alinement with one of said upper lugs, said upper and lower lugs being provided with alined openings, a plate secured beneath the first mentioned plate and provided with a thickened central portion having an opening formed in alinement with the openings in said'lugs, a stake carried by said lower plate and adapted to fit between the upper lugs of said upper plate, a latch pivotally connected with said upper plate and provided with an enlarged end adapted to fit between the upper and lower lugs of said upper plate and provided with an opening registering with the openings in said lugs, a pin passing through said alined openings to hold said latch in position, a shaft rotatably mounted upon the side of said car and engaging said pin whereby the rotation of said shaft will raise and lower said pins, and means for rotating said shaft.

A platform, plates mounted upon the side of said platform and provided with spaced lugs forming seats, certain of said lugs being in vertical alinement and provided with alined openings, a stake fitting in each of said seats, a securing latch for each of said stakes having its free end mounted in the space between the vertically alined lugs and provided with an opening registering with said alined openings, a pin passing through said Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of alined openings and provided with a toothed lower portion, a shaft mounted upon said platform, gears carried by said shaft and meshing with the teeth of said pins, and means for rotating said shaft to raise and lower said pins.

6. A platform, plates carried by said platform, stakes mounted adjacent said plates, latches carried by said plates to hold said stakes in a locked position, locking pins for locking said latches, a shaft carried by said platform for moving said pins, a second shaft carried by said platform for rotating said first-mentioned shaft, a gear carried adjacent the end of said second shaft, a bracket carried by said platform, a shaft supported by said bracket and the platform, a gear mounted upon said last-mentioned shaft and meshing with said first mentioned gear, a lever carried by said last-mentioned gear, and a stop passing between the spokes of said last-1nentioned gear wheel to limit its movement. a

In testimony whereof hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIS WHITE.

Witnesses: 1

EDWARD D. GARLSON, WVALTER WHITE.

P atents;

Washington, D. C. 

